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Truss: Type of termDefinition (tool-tip); TermTruss; Alternative Terms-; Replaced with-; Short Description-; Long DescriptionBraced framework, spanning between supports. Types include: Belfast roof truss: a wide segmental truss built as a lattice-beam, originally using short cuts of timber left over from shipbuilding in Belfast; closed truss (of a roof): with the spaces between the timbers filled, to form an internal partition or partitions; spere truss: roof truss incorporated in a spere (a fixed structure screening the lower end of a great hall from the screens passage in an older house, college, etc.); See also
See also:Truss; Term Language-